372 GRAMINA. 



POA, L. 



809. P. annua, L. Annual Meadoio-Grass. 



Native ; in pastures, by roadsides, in waste places, &c. Very 

 common. Flowers the greater part of the year. Area general. 

 A ubiquitous species ; perhaps the commonest of plants. 



810. P. bulbosa, L. Bulbous Meaclow-Grass. 



Native ; on dry and rocky banks. Very rare and local. May. 

 D. IV. Under the Citadel and Hoe; Keijs, S. D. Lit. Chron. 268. 

 Noticed growing rather plentifully at Plymouth, on rocks under 

 the Citadel, and about the Hoe, in May, 1853 ; Flower, in Phyt. 

 V. 54 ; still there, 1880. 

 I have searched unsuccessfully for it at Tregantle, given as a station in 

 Keys's Flora. 

 Fu'st record : Keys, 1846. 



811. P. nemoralis, L. Wood Meadow-Grass. 



Native ; on dry, but shaded, Avall-tops, and on banks. Rare, and 

 sparsely, though widely, distributed. June. 



c. I. Several tufts, yet in rather small quantity, on a wall-top near St. 

 Germans, by the Tideford Road, 1878. 

 II. On top of a Avail by the lower turnpike road at Saltash, rather 

 sparingly, 1879. 



D. III. A plant on a turfy bank in the garden, Richmond Villa, Plymouth, 

 1879. Many at the side of the road and on a bank close to 

 the North Road railway station, Plymouth ; there is httle doubt 

 sown with grass seeds ; 1879. Three or four plants on top of a 

 wall at Pounds, Pennycross, 1879. 

 IV. Plymstock ; in plenty on a wall near Oak Cottage, extending for 

 some distance, also about half-a-dozen roots on another wall, 

 1878. On a wall by the border of the grounds of Hill Side 

 House, Ridgway ; m rather small quantity. 

 VI. Hedge-bank by the Ridgway and Ivybridge Road, about nine 

 and a half miles from Plymouth ; also by the lane leading thence 

 to Cornwood, in considerable quantity. Four plants on the 

 wall in front of the Vicarage-house, Ermington, 1878. One in 

 a lane not far from Caton, towards Lee Mill Bridge, 1879. 



812. P. compressa, L. Flat-stemmed Bleadow-Grass. 



Native ; on stony or dry banks, roadsides, walls, and in other 



very dry places. Rather common. July, and sometimes later. 



c. I. Dry rocky spot by the Saltash and Callington Road, between 



Burraton Lane End toll-gate and Carkeel ; also on a wall-top 



